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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
CANNlBAtS IN AMERICA.
British Columbia Indians Who Indulge
in Human Flesh.

IN human fIe>h.
Professor J. jacobsen, who has been in the
province for some years collecting Indian
curios for the Hamburg museum and writing
up the habits, customs and traditions of the
aborigines, arrived down on the Boscowitz
from Bella Coda. The professor spent all
last winter at Tucalo, the head of the south
ernmost Of the Bentinck arms, which is dis
tant from Bella Coda about eighty miles.
Here he found the Indian in his primitive
state, wild untutored savage, with but a
scant knowledge of the arts or customs OF
civilization.
The inlet, running far inland and being
every way out OF the course Of traders or
prospectors, is never visited, and the Indians
say no white man ever went UP to the head
Of it before. They live there as they do in
most places around the coast, by hunting and
fishing. deer and fur bearing animals abound
ing in large numbers. They are without
missionaries and cannibalism is rampant Tho
professor tells Of some sickening sights which
be witnessed there during the past winter,
which at this day one could scarcely believe
capable of being witnessed 50 near home, did
the information not come from a reliable
person The custom is still carried out there
of men ambitious for the honors of chisftain
betaking themselves to the woods, and, after
remaining there for some time, coming back
possessed OF spirit and biting pieces of flesh
from the bodies of those whom they first
meet
One who wished to graduate lest winter
went out and remained from sight for several
weeks, though he came near the camp occa-
| sionaly and made nigh hideous with his yslls.
| When he returned to the tribe be came naked,
notwithstanding that it Was the middle OF
! winter with two or three feet OF snow on the
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
The Successful Newspaper Writer.

The fact is that successful writers are very
much like other men, They have their pets.
their tancies, their hostilities, their hatreds,
their ambitions, their successes and their fail
hres, but rs every man in his own home
carves to suit himself, dresses as best pleases
him, eats, drinks, sleeps when, where and
how he prefers, so in journalism every man
must work out his own salvation, and it is
not at all necessary that be should do it with
fear or trembling. If he be an apprehensive
man he will fear, and with fear very natur-
ally will be associated trembling II be be
an audacious, pushing, driving, restless, en-
terprising man such will be the character and
tenor OF his work
Let the young man who wants to be a
newspaper worker content himself with his
own individuality, and not attempt to rival
the personalities, the individualisms, which
do 50 much toward making successes for
those who possess them. He has his own per-
sonality, his own individualism. With that
let him be content-Joe Towards Letter
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19

Speaking of portieres, it is now the fashion
to utilize old family shawls in this way. Old
Grape or India shawls make lovely curtains.
1t is an advantageous way of displaying these
heirlooms, and it is all the prettier not to have
any two alike.
For instance, not long ago | called on a
certain lady noted for her excellent taste in
household decorations. At the door hung a
white Grape shawl embroidered with roses.
At another an India shawl of exquisite work
manship hung, while at still another was a
black Grape shawl covered with white silk
embroidery.
1t is no longer in good taste to have a regu-
larly made mantel lambreQuin; they are too
set and stiff in appearance. The prettiest is a
bit of some art fabric, purcnasable of our
best upholsterers.
An old Grape shawl, carelessly thrown
upon the mantelpiece, is very pretty. a
japanese robe OF bright colors is pretty on
mantel, so arranged hat the shelves of the
mantel are overhung at each end by the robe,
which should be SO draped as to display the
bright silk lining. The appearance of stiff
ness is avoided in every style of decorative
draping, which oftentimes show the taste, in
dividuality and skill of the lady whose be-
longings they are.-Eveiyn Baker Harvier in
New York Nail and Express
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
Too Much To NOTION

hotel clerk, who came down here from
New York, said that he had tackled this evil
bravely at first and had laid down the law in
the most approved style, but "manana" had
been too much for him. Said be- "This
laundry business has made me sicker than
anything ever struck in the hotel line Do
you know how work the laundry part OF
the business now' Three days before a
guests clothes have been promised him /
begin sending after them. l start a mes
senger out to the laundress morning, noon
and night, each time with little stronger
message than before. About the end of the
second day l send word that want those
clothes. washed OF unweshed, wet or dry.
The next morning the laundress arrives with
her basket under her arm. Mexican Letter
in st. Louis Globe Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19

At a recent meeting of the London Society
of Telegraph Engineers, Professor Hughes
gave some particulars of an experiment he
made by submerging microphone in pub
lie bath. BY the unassisted ear no sounds
could be distinguished, but by the aid of the
microphone great confusion of sounds was
revealed, doors being shut, footsteps, voices
water flowing, all mingled together. This
proved the vibratory power of water, and a
practical application of the phenomenon is
found in the fact that the microphone is now
part of the regular equipment of officers Of
certain water companies in Germany, where
it is used to detect leakage from the pipes by
| the noise Of the waterAow-Boston Tran
S,ript
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
FOR SALE.

Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city.
Lots on the inside on street car lines and IN
outside additions Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sal.
at special bargains. Several fine tracts near
the city for sub-dividing and plating.
Improved farms and grass lands in all
parts of the county; also ranches in this and
adjoining counties.
All parties wishing to buy would do well
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere.
w. A. THOMAS,
The OIdestsRea Estate Agency In Wichita
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19

ground. The first man he met he seize'.,
knocked down, and bit piece out OF bis arm.
which he chewed ravenously. This was re-
peated many times over, his face becoming
besmeared with blood and presenting fiend-
ish appearance The victims of the would be
chieftain's bites received in return for their
pains small pecuniary compensation, and 1t
is an honor to carry the scar. The more scars
Of this kind decorate en Indians body the
more numerous are his nonors, and when be
comes TO have a great many he becomes a
chieftain himself in a little way. The bitter
on one occasion made a break for the pro-
fessor, who soon gave him to understand that
he was going to experience something pretty
tough if he tackled him. He was not further
molested Victoria Coionist.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
TO SAVE EXPENSES.

Not long ago Fogg bought a new carpet,
and thinking to save the expense of laying it
be told Mrs Fogg he would do the work him
self.
Fogg and the carpet arrived home early in
the afternoon. Fogg got out of his good
clothes and into the old suit that had been
feeding the moths through the winter. He
armed himself with tacks and hammer, with
yard stick, a two foot rule, a carpenters
square, ten foot pole and a tape measure.
First he unrolled the carpet, spread it out to
cover the floor, walked over it two or three
times, pulled it here and twitched it there,
puckered his mouth corrugated his forehead
and was half dozen times on the point of
asking Mrs. Fogg's advice, and would have
done it only he knew it would please her too
well.
"Of counsel" he suddenly exclaimed, as one
who recognizes the force Of new inspiration.
Then he took his measuring impedimenta, one
after the other, and then all together, and
proceeded to get the exact dimensions of the
room, with all its angles, recesSes, projec-
tionS and catti corners. Next he sat down
and drew an elaborate diagram of the
premises.
"Now," said he, jumping up briskly, Il can
go to work in a business like way"
Taking his diagram he proceeded to the
scene of action. He measured here and yard
sticked there and ten poled in every direction.
He labored long and well; he ripped the car
pet, unraveled the edges, pounded his nails
quite as literally as the tacks and uttered
language quite shocking, and when he got
through-we have Mrs. Fogg's word for it
"that carpet was all askew." 1t was, as the
same authority expressed it, "a sight to be-
hold
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
VICTORY AT LAST.

Fogg himself remarked that he never saw
such a carpet i'll all his life. There wasn't any
shape to it. He was all right; of course it
was all the carpets fault in cases of this kind
Mrs. F. said nothing further than, "WeL, l
| wouldn't bother about it any more tonight,
Daniel. You are all tired out and had better
go to bed"
Next morning Mrs. Fogg, without stopping
to change her apparel, went to work to see
what she could do. She began at the Begin
hing by undoing all that her lord and master
| had done Then she took string, measured
across the room, and down its length, soIilo-
| quiZing meanwhile about 80 much and half
a finger" three times and two fingers, once
and a little bit over" with various other
equally uninteligible remarks.
Then she got down on her knees. and with
hammer and tacks she had that carpet down
quicker than scat, and as smooth as her own
slacid brow, and she got up from her work
with spirit unrutfled and clothing unsoiled.
When FOgg came home and saw the room
all put TO rights, with the carpet fitting as
though it were painted on the floor, he felt
proud of his wife; yes, actually proud of her.
OF course he didn't say anything further than
TO remark that it was easy enough to put
down a carpet by daylight; anybody could
do that.
But Mrs. Fogg doesn't care. She knows
that Foggs thinks she is worth her weight in
gold, but that he thinks that women, like
children, are not to be praised for fear of
spelling them.
But when anybody tells you that woman
is illogical and unmethodical, mention this
little story about putting down carpet
Boston Transcript.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
LAYING THE CARPET.
SOME THINGS THAT WOMEN CAN
DO BETTER THAN MEN.

How Mr.. Fogg Dallied With the Carpet.
A Sight to Behold-Mrs. Fogg Tries
What She Can Do-Victory at Last.
Worth Her Weight in Gold.
It is the fashion among the lords OF crea-
ton to make merry over the ways Of women
and to think, apparently, that the more ridic-
ulous they can make their sisters appear the
wiser and more sensible they must prove
themselves to be- merely by force of contrast.
Woman, the whiskered sex would have US
believe is illogical, unmethodical and can
reach results only by haphazard intuition, in
stead Of by the divine Reason, with a big X,
which is monopolized exclusively by man.
Without entering upon any abstruse specu-
tationsIas to the relative merits Of reason and
intuition-that is to say, as to the manners of
men and the ways of women-one practical
illustration of the methods pursued respec-
lively by the sons Of Adam and Ewes daugh-
,ers viii be sufficient to prove to all unpreju-
iiced readers that not only, as the immortal
Sam Patch observed, some things can be done
as well as others, but that the same thing can
be done in different ways and the result be as
satisfactory if reached in one way as by an
other.
So much for preface; now for the illustra-
tiOn
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
HARDY SOLOMON & SONS
NOTICE
To : Strangers : and : Non-ResidentS.

If strangers who visit Wichita and feel
an interest in it's future will cali at the
office Of Hardy Solomon & Sons, 331 E
Douglas avenue and register their name
and place of residence they will be fur
nished thereafter, by mail, free of charge
with all important matter pertaining to
the welfare of this city We will also be
pleased to furnish non-residents with
any information they may wish IN re-
gard to our city and will, if they send
us their name and address, from time to
time send them copies Of our live daily
papersfree Of charge. Webuy and sell
real estate for non-residents and can
refer to persons in any state in the union
to whom we have sold Wichita real es-
tate and for whom we have made money.
10 OF the daily
papers OF Wichita.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19
Franks That Nocturnal Fairies PIay.

The following discoveries were made by a
meek Hatboro man who got up the other
night to look for a match:
The doors are nine feet in width
The sofa stands out from the wall five
feet.
Chair rockers are eight feet three inches
long.
The chandelier reaches to within two feet
of the floor.
The wall advances to meet you in the
center of the ROOM
The table has twenty seven legs, which are
placed ~ angle of 45 degs
And bureau, where You left the matches
on goi, { 20 bed, has disappeared entirely
Hatboro Public Spirit.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
A Singing Reacl,.

Many people have heard of the singing
beach at Manchester, Mass, where the
sand, when driven over or stirred, gives
out peculiar and not unmusical sound,
but few, very few people know that near
Pescadero beach exists much larger,
giving out sounds in no uncertain manner.
The beach near Manchester is said to be
one-fifth of mile in extent, but here tho
writer and q small party Of friends lately
Investigated the matter, and found the
sounds very clear, though varying in
loudness, for distance Of one and a half
miles along the coast line. The sound is
loudest and most distinct where the sand
is dry on top and damp beneath. A light
vehicle driven over il gives a clear,
musical sound, a footstep not quite so
loud and even the hands or n stick stir
ring or lifting the sand causes it to tsing''
quite plainly What causes the sound
do not attempt to explain.
Perhaps the strangest thing about this
sand is that persons who have lived in
Peseadero for many years seem TO know
nothing of it. 1t is out Of the way Of the
celebrated Pebble Beach road, and tho in
habitants and the pleasure seekers seem
to think that is enough of a good thing
for one place, leaving this really wonder
full and beautiful beach to "a few fishers
and hunters who 60 there occasionally for
the excellent surf fishing and sea fowl
shooting, and never think that the lofty
cliffs, with their faces carved as If in
Egyptian hieroglyphics and pierced with
caves, forming as fine a scenic effect as
the palisades of the Hudson, thing worth
noticing.-Cor San francisco Chronicle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
WHERE GOOD COFFEE GROWS.

Some Varieties Cost 20 Cents "a Pound
the Plantations.
At the Coffee Exchange the other day
several well known spectators were dis
cussing the new boom in that market,
when the subject Of the Mexican product
came up. said one broker: "probably
the best coffee in the world is raised about
Jalapa, but it never reaches the markets
of the United States for the reason that
il is bought up seasons in advance by resi-
dent English buyers for the English mar
ket. The resident German buyers con-
tract for three or four years in advance
for the crops raised in the states of Vera
Cruz. Tobasco, Colima, Michoacan and
Guerrero. The little state of Colima has
probably exported more rich coffee beans
than all the other Mexican states put to-
gether and at the astounding price of 20
cents per pound. a friend of mine went
down to try to secure some of this deli
cious product even at the price mentioned,
but he found himself brestalled by the
English, French and German resident
buyers, who watch with hawk like glance
that the letter and spirit of their contracts
with the Mexican planters are carried out
even to the extent of n single pound of the
bean.
'Jalapa is connected with Vera Cruz
by steel railroad sixty miles long, and
this country he describes as an Eden. The
coffee plantations are interesting and al
ways slope towards the east. When the
plants are one year old they are trans
planted into squares ten feet apart, with
banana plants in between, so as to protect
the coffee shrubs from the fierce rays of
the sun. At this age they are about two
feet high, and they are never permitted to
attain growth Of over six feet. The
plant bears from the age of three years,
and, unless blighted, continues to yield
up to its fifteenth year, when it is usually
uprooted and supplanted by one-year-
old sprig.
''1he leaf is olive green in color, the
blossom white and the berry itself n pea
green. Each berry contains two beans,
which when ripe for picking turn earmine.
The average earnings of six-year- old coffee
shrubs are 40 cents, and plant between
twelve and fifteen years of age yields from
81 to $1.2J worth Of beans yearly. Coffee
is picked much as cotton or hons, and the
poems earn about % cents Per diem during
the season. Upon the coffee plantations
bananas and castor oil berries raised be-
tween the coffee to shelter it are sold at
absurdly low prices. Last year the value
of coffee exported from Vera Cruz was
81, 100000; Colima, $240,000 Chiapas,
100000; Guerrero, $4,000; Michoacan,
$153, 600; Morelos, $63, 900; Tobasco,
$50, 900, and Oaxaca, $S3,000. No; we
don't know in New York what really good
coffee is. Coffee at 20 cents n pound on
the plantation would cost pretty penny
here, even if we could get it."-New
York World.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
A Garden barometer.

One of the simplest of barometcrs is a
spiders web. When there is prospect
OF rain or wind the spider shortens the
ed and leaves things in that state as long
elongates its threads, il is sign Of fine,
calm weather. the duration of which ma Y
be Judged of by the length to which the
threads are let out If the spider remains
inactive, it is a sign of rain but if, on
the contrary, it keeps at work during
rain. the latter will not last long. and win
be followed by fine weather Other OBJ
servatiods have taught that the spider
makes changes in its web every twenty
four hours, and that if such changes are
made in the evening, just before sunset,
the night will be cloar aud beautiful.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05

TRY an Ice Cold MeioS.-At J. B. FLOODS
corner Main and Green Streets. Deliver
cd free.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
Valuable Interest RnIes.
basis, commercial year $40 days, or 80
days per month

basis, commercial year $40 days, or 30
days per month.
4 per cent. nt.-Multiply the principal by
the required number of days, divide by
8 and point off.
per cent.-Multiply by the number
os days and divide by ~.
per cent-Multiply by the number
of days, divide by 6, and point off three
figures from the right.
8 per cent Multiply by the number Of
days and divide by 45.
8 per cent.-MultipIy by the number of
days, divide by A. aud point off there
figures from the right.
10 per cent. Multiply by the number
of days and divide by 36.
II per cent-Multiply by the number
of days, divide by 3, and point off three
figures from tha right.
IS per cent nt-Multiply by the number
OF days and divide by "a.
IS pr cent-Multply by the number
of days, divide by L. aud point off three
figures from the right.
90 per cent.-Multiply by the number
of days and divide by 1S.
The interest 10 each case will be In dol.
lars and cents Useful Information,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
ANNAPOIIs MD. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEK +,
LOVE THE ETERNAL.

dream Of thee, 0 Love. in Visions linging
A magic halo round thy saint ike splendor,
And bowed worship thee until render
Ny soul to thine until it rises singing
OF holy Love enthroned
Where myriad worlds its glorious sway have
owned.
I almost died TO view form created
From my hearts chaos. till in glory burning,
More bright than stars or moons or suns re-
turning,
Thou cams 10 me in darkling snares belated
And drew me to thy sphere,
And hallowed me TO be thine own compeer
Yes, thine forever, Love, for passion never
Dies, nor shall die, although sorrow hidden
Its spendor changes, like the stars cloud bid
den:
Be bright no more that must be bright forever,
That shall forever shine
In awful radiance from the bright divine
Morley Roberts
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
William Writ.

William Writ was attorney general OF
the United States when | first visited
Washington rs boy, but do not know
that ever saw him. The descriptions
of him represent him as tall with an in
clination to corpulency; his countenance
was ''sickled Ger with the pale cast
of thought" his mouth was hnelly
formed, and physiognomist would have
noted that the compression of his lips de-
noted firmness. aud his smile good.hu-
mored irony. He had Roman nose, the
eve Of cerulean blue, with n remarkably
arch expression when he was animated,
and Cf calm thoughtfulness when his fea'
lures were in repose His forehead was
not high, but it broad, with the phreno-
illogical development strongly marked
particularly the poetic and perceptive
faculties. His hair was sandy, and his
head bald on the top, which, with a BY
roman anxiety, he tried to hide by comb
ne the hair up over the badness, and II
was much his custom, when engaged IN
an oratorical display, to preserve It's al
iustments by passing his hands over II.
He was much more careful in this REGARD
than was the eloquent and chivalrlc Pres-
ton. who, though he wore wig, seemed
not only Indifferent as TO who knew II,
but Of the wig itself; for in the study
breeze which blew over the Conton course
at the Baltimore convention, 1t nearly
left him, he the while apparently uncon-
scious, as he fulmined to the vast aud
wrapt multitude. Well the Carolinian
may not have love / the laurel, as Caesar
did, because it hid his badness; but he
deserved to have it voted to him for his
eloqucnce. Ben Perleg Poor.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
WANTED
A New Cemetery.
KNIT HAMMOCKS.

Strong, serviceable KNIT HAMMOCKS for
sale Price $3.50. BY mail 25 cents extra. AT
a. NJ. DUFFY, 90 King George street, Anna
polis Md *7-25tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05
rI,otographs of Lightning flashes.

Some very perfect photographs of the
flashes Of .'forked lightning have re-
Gently been secured by Mr. v. y. Jen-
nings. Considerable difficulty IL natur-
ally experienced in securing exposures Of
so pre-emincntly uncertain SUBJECT In
two instances recently Mr.. Jennings has
achieved quite notable success. One of
the interesting features of the exposures
is the undulatory or wave like character
Of the tracing. The zigzag appearance so
often shown in pictures is not present.
The general appearance is that of the
branch Of q tree outlined by the flash.
The lines are slightly sinuous, brit no
where OF the conventional shape If ''ar-
tistic lightning '-ScicltiIic AE.ssr ricssn.
Subscribe to The CAPITAL.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05

Where are you going with the water
melon, Uucle Rastus?" asked gentlc-
man.
Use gwine ter hab my photograph
taken, sab. /"
What do you expect to do with The
melon?'
Il wants ter look at il. sab while de
photograph am in process Of construc
ton, SOS ter git de right expression on
de face, sab New York Sun.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-05

A Good Harss-Should not hesitate to
wait upon those Ill with such diseases as
Small pox. Cholera or Scarlet Fever
There is little to be feared by persons
waiting on the sick if they will use Dar-
by's Prophylactic Fluid freely. In sick
rooms it should be exposed on plate or
saucer. and the patient spongcd off with
the Fluid dilated. For safety, cleanliness
and comfort in the sick-room tbe Fluid Is
Indispensable.